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climb
[ klahym ]
verb (used without object)
- to go up or ascend, especially by using the hands and feet or feet only:
She climbed up the ladder.
Antonyms: descend
- to rise slowly by or as if by continued effort:
The car climbed laboriously to the top of the mountain.
- to ascend or rise:
The plane climbed rapidly and we were soon at 35,000 feet.
Temperatures climbed into the 80s yesterday.
- to slope upward:
The road climbs steeply up to the house.
- (of a plant) to ascend by twining or by means of tendrils, adhesive tissues, etc.:
The ivy climbed to the roof.
- to proceed or move by using the hands and feet, especially on an elevated place; crawl:
to climb along a branch;
to climb around on the roof.
- to ascend in prominence, fortune, etc.:
From lowly beginnings he climbed to the highest office in the land.
verb (used with object)
- to ascend, go up, or get to the top of, especially by the use of the hands and feet or feet alone or by continuous or strenuous effort:
to climb a rope;
to climb the stairs;
to climb a mountain.
Antonyms: descend
- to go to the top of and over:
The prisoners climbed the wall and escaped.
noun
- a climbing; an ascent by climbing:
It was a long climb to the top of the hill.
Antonyms: descent
- a place to be climbed:
That peak is quite a climb.
verb phrase
- to descend, especially by using both hands and feet:
She climbed down from the treehouse and went to wash up for supper.
- Chiefly British. to retreat from a policy, opinion, position in a debate, etc.:
He climbed down from that argument once he saw that it was based on incorrect data.
- Slang. to become tense or frantic:
After a week stuck inside the house, the kids were climbing the walls.
climb
/ klaɪm /
verb
- also troften foll byup to go up or ascend (stairs, a mountain, etc)
- often foll by along to progress with difficulty
to climb along a ledge
- to rise to a higher point or intensity
the temperature climbed
- to incline or slope upwards
the road began to climb
- to ascend in social position
- (of plants) to grow upwards by twining, using tendrils or suckers, etc
- informal.foll by into to put (on) or get (into)
- to be a climber or mountaineer
noun
- the act or an instance of climbing
- a place or thing to be climbed, esp a route in mountaineering
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Derived Forms
- ˈclimbable, adjective
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Other Words From
- climb·a·ble adjective
- half-climb·ing adjective
- non·climb·a·ble adjective
- non·climb·ing adjective
- re·climb verb (used with object) reclimbed reclimbing
- un·climb·a·ble adjective
- un·climbed adjective
- un·climb·ing adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of climb1
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Example Sentences
The second was how much fun the game was to watch, measured by the overall win probability swings — the steeper the dips and climbs, the better.
This path heads to the top of the 520-foot-high dome, which overlooks Sand Beach and also features a near vertical climb with narrow ledges and rungs embedded in the rock face.
During the slow climb up the mountain, Jim and I chatted about our summers and the winter ahead.
The stock’s IPO debuted at $27 a share, then once the pandemic hit, started a climb that looks like a ride up Mount Ventoux, today trading at almost $150 a share.
However, Vice still faces an uphill climb to increase its revenue because its growing TV and movie business accounts for less than half of its total revenue.
The pilot asked air-traffic control for permission to climb from 32,000 to 38,000 feet to avoid the bad weather.
Make a batch of these rum balls, climb into a onesie, and let your favorite movie do the rest.
Republicans have the highest hill to climb but greatest opportunity.
It took you quite a while to climb the Hollywood mountain, so to speak.
Until the epidemic is brought under control, the CDC predicts the numbers will continue to climb at that rate.
Some of the alarm returned, however, when the creature attempted to climb up by his own ladder.
I made two attempts to climb up, but both times slipped back.
Analysis and practice in preparation are the steps over which we must climb to the platform of power.
It was held to be certain death to climb to its summit, and foolhardy in the extreme to go far up its sides.
Climb up the hill to the old fort and look at the little wriggling gold snakes, and watch the lizards sun themselves.
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